Trump Mobile changed its terms and conditions to say the gold Trump phone customers paid $100 deposits for may never actually be made — more than a year after collecting preorders. About 590,000 customers paid a collective $59 million with zero phones shipped and refunds appearing unlikely as the company now claims deposits only give a 'conditional opportunity' to buy if it decides to manufacture the device. This is a straightforward news story confirmed across multiple outlets including Fortune, The Hill, and Yahoo Finance — the framing here emphasizes the deceptive timing of the fine-print rewrite rather than adding spin beyond what the facts support.